| RefNo | HS/25/15 |
| Previous numbers | HS/25/B8 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to various correspondents from 1836 to 1870 |
| Date | 1875 |
| Description | Loose copies of letters from John Herschel to Captain [Cadwell] (1 letter); Thomas Maclear (3 letters); Robert Treat Paine (2 letters); J. H. Rutherford (3 letters); Editor of the Times on the topic of "calculating machinery" (1 letter); John Wrottesley (1 letter); George Thomas Napier (1 letter); Richard Sheepshanks (2 letters); William Parsons (Lord Rosse) (1 letter); E. L. Withers (1 letter); George Smith (1 letter); Abbé François-Napoléon-Marie Moigno (2 letters), John Ryall (Queen's College Cork - brother of Mary Everest Boole) (1 letter); Edward Sabine (1 letter); Charles Pritchard (1 letter); James Samuelson (1 letter); Hugh Martin (1 letter); Francis Diedrich Wackerbarth (1 letter).
Letters arranged in rough chronological order for those with possible year, then alphabetical for the undated ones.
The letters are preceded by a typed index pasted over the original wrapper, indicating previous locations (Box n.2.) and previous shelfmark.
Letters copied by various copyists as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. |
| Extent | 25 copy letters |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Blue lined paper, ink and pencil. |
| Dimensions | 250mmx200mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |